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The weekly e-mail newsletter from St Peter & St Paul's covers all the latest news, services, events and announcements from St Peter & St Paul's church.

This week at St Peter & St Paul

Sunday 22nd March

10:00am Holy Communion with Choir

Looking ahead

Sunday 29th March - Palm Sunday

9:45am Process with donkey - starting outside of Shoreham Village School

10:00am Morning worship with Holy Communion

6:00pm Compline - night prayer

Monday 30th March

6:00pm Compline - night prayer

Tuesday 31st March

6:00pm Compline - night prayer

Wednesday 1st April

6:00pm Compline - night prayer

Thursday 2nd April

8:00pm Holy Communion with stripping the altar

Friday 3rd April

12:00pm Good Friday family service

1:00pm Reflection

2:00pm Good Friday service

7:00pm Praise evening at Vine Evangelical Church, Hatch Lane TN13 3AT

Sunday 5th April

6:30am Easter Sunrise service at the cross

10:00am Easter Holy Communion

Events at St Peter & St Paul

Friday Soup

Each Friday in March, we’re offering soup and bread (plus the usual coffee and tea) from 12 to 1 in the Church Room. Do join us if you can. And why not bring a neighbour!

Churchyard Tidy

Saturday 28th March 9am to 1pm, come when you can come, bring your own tools and dress for the weather! Refreshments and pizza afterwards! All welcome to join.

Lent in plain sight

The fellowship’s Lent course is taking place on four Mondays 7-8:30pm or Wednesdays from 10am-11.30 in the Church Room (coffee/tea provided). You are welcome to join us.

‘Lent in Plain Sight’ uses everyday objects as a basis for reflection on our relationships with God and his kingdom.

Wednesdays 10am in the church room:

25^th March - Shoes and Oil

1^st April - Coats, Towels and Thorns

For more information ring Bryan on 07733 228408 or email the_harrises@btinternet.com

Mondays 7pm in the church room with Reverend Caz:

23rd March - Coats, Towels and Thorns

For more information email shorehamparish@gmail.com

Stay and Play

Every Monday in term time - 9.30-11.30 in the Village Hall. ALL pre-school aged children WELCOME (accompanied by a parent or carer).

Morning Prayer

Everyone is welcome to join in with Morning Prayer, held in the Mildmay Chapel and gathering at 9am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays during term time.

If you would like to join us, it is advisable to download the 'Daily Prayer' App on your phone in advance, this will be useful as we will use this for our framework. This is a simple service with an opportunity to explore the day's Bible passages and offer up prayers for the day and its tasks. Do please join us if you are able, we look forward to seeing you.

Home Groups
Two Home Groups normally meet fortnightly to grow in faith and fellowship.
For information about the Monday evening group ring Bill on 07831 525063.
For information about the Wednesday morning group contact Bryan on 07733 228408.

Notices

Electoral Roll

If you consider St Peter and St Paul to be your home church and would like to make a commitment to the church, you can join the electoral roll (different to the roll which allows you to vote in local elections). To join, you must be over 16 and baptised. Joining means that you are eligible to serve on our parish trustee board (PCC) and vote at our annual meeting (APCM), but more importantly, it means that you feel a part of the church and want to affirm that sense of belonging you can sign up for the electoral roll. If you signed up last year, you do not need to sign up again as your name will remain on the roll until 2031 unless you ask to be removed. The form has to be returned by 22nd March. Forms are available at the back of the church and be posted in the box for submission, or can be completed online here.

Holy Communion

As a church family we like people to feel included in our Holy Communion services. However if you are unable to attend church on those Sundays, or you know someone who would like to receive Home Communion because they are physically unable to attend church, then please contact shorehamparish@gmail.com and we will add you to our list for visits for Home Communion once a month.

Shoreham Village Hall Quiz

The Shoreham Village Hall is having a fund-raising quiz on the evening of Saturday 11 April.

When: Saturday 11 April 2026- 7pm bar open for 7:30pm quiz start
Where: Shoreham Village Hall - tables of up to 8, or come and join a team
Tickets: £8 each from the village shop (cash only) or by card email Ralph ralph.abbott@gmx.com

Sevenoaks Loaves and Fishes Foodbank
The number of families needing the help of foodbanks continues to grow. Please consider whether you could add something for our local foodbank to your weekly shop.
Boxes for donations are at the back of the church.

Breakfast Church
It’s time to make new promotional cards for Breakfast Church.
If you like drawing and want to see your artwork in print please let the office have a drawing of something that happens at Breakfast church. It could be the food we eat, the ch tables we work round, a craft item we made or anything you remember and enjoyed at Breakfast Church. Drawings needed by the end of March please. There is a Snowpake (see through) folder at the back of the church for these. They can also be put through Jill’s door at 37 High St if that is easier.

We would still like to widen the number of people helping to shop and cook breakfast for Breakfast Church.
If you enjoy coming, why not think about joining in to make it happen. Please see Jill Aisher, text 07989 278723 or email jill.aisher@gmail.com if you can help.

For your prayers

Each week in church we pray for those who are sick or in any kind of need. If you would like your full name or just your first name added to our prayer list, please email shorehamchurch7@gmail.com. Please pray...

for members of your church family and their friends:

for Kath's friend Alex, who is facing a terminal illness
for Ellie B's health and wellbeing

for our local parish school:

for Gillian Lovatt-Young as she prepares to retire and
for Mrs Sheraton as she prepares to take up the Headteacher position in April

for the Food Bank:

for wisdom in running the Food Bank and that they would be a place of light and help for those in need; we pray for their clients who are seeking jobs, have experienced trauma and those struggling with mental health issues/addictions/debt/homelessness, and those that feel lonely and isolated at the moment.

for wider issues in the community around us and in the world:

for all victims of war, natural disasters and climate change
for all who are ill, awaiting treatment or recovering from illness.
for all those who are receiving pallatative care and the bereaved
for God to guard and guide each of us in all we do and say

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